That was Mary Lou Retton in individual all-around at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
First U.S female gymnast to get the gold medal was Julianne McNamara.
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The best gymnast in the world is currently Gabrielle Douglas, a member of the US Gymnastics Team at the 2012 London Olympics. She took the individual gold. She is also the first woman of color and African-American to win individual gold in the Olympics.
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Bart Conner is an American gymnast. He won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics for the parallel bars and was part of the men's gold medal-winning Olympic gymnastics team that same year. He is married to fellow Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci from Romania.
Cullen Jones- Mens 4 x 100 relay team, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics was the second african-american to win a gold medal in swimming. The first was Anthony Ervin, winning the 50-meter freestyle in a tie with Gary Hall Jr. in the Athens games in 2000.
Nadia Komanichi is the most popular gymnast in the world. She now resides in America, married to Bart Connors, might be spelled Conners. The most well known American gymnast is Mary-Lou Reton. She won an Olympic gold and was on the Wheaties box that year.
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Nadia Comaneci, A Romanian Gymnast, winner of 3 olympic gold medals was the first ever to achieve a perfect 10 in Gymnastics.
Maestas is a gymnast from Gold Cup. He won nationals. He trained with Olympians at the training center in Calorado.
Sarah Hughes at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
Gymnast Hermann Weingärtner of Germany with 6 (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).